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<h2>NAME</h2>
<p>z - safely (un)tar and (de)feather files and directories</p>
<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
<p><b>z</b> [ <b>-t</b> | <b>-T</b> ] [ <b>-v</b> | <b>-V</b> ]
[ <b>-l</b> | <b>-L</b> ]
[ <b>-gz</b> | <b>-z</b> | <b>-I</b> | <b>-lz</b> | <b>-Z</b> | <b>-zip</b> | <b>-jar</b> ]
[ <b>-#</b> ] [ <b>-s</b> <i>suffix</i> ] [ <b>-m</b> <i>mode</i> ]
[ <b>-p</b> | <b>-P</b> ] [ <b>-h</b> ] [ <b>--</b> ] <i>file ...</i></p>
<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p><i>Z</i> is a simple, safe and convenient front-end for the
<i>compress</i>(1), <i>uncompress</i>(1), <i>gzip</i>(1),
<i>bzip2</i>(1), <i>lzip</i>(1), <i>tar</i>(1), <i>zip</i>(1) and
<i>unzip</i>(1) utilities for compressing and uncompressing files and
directories. It processes each of its arguments according to the type of
the file or directory given:</p>
<p>If the argument is a plain file, then the file is compressed, ie,
feathered.</p>
<p>If the argument is a compressed file with a name ending in <b>.Z</b>,
<b>.gz</b>, <b>.z</b>, <b>.bz2</b>, <b>.lz</b>, <b>.zip</b> or
<b>.jar</b>, then the file is uncompressed, ie, defeathered.</p>
<p>If the argument is a directory, then the directory is archived into one
tar or zip file which is then compressed, ie, tarred and feathered.</p>
<p>If the argument is a compressed tar or zip archive with a name ending
in <b>.{tar.,tar,ta,t}{Z,gz,z,bz2,lz}</b> or <b>.{zip,jar}</b>, then the
archive is uncompressed and untarred, ie, untarred and defeathered.</p>
<p>The new compressed or uncompressed version will be in the same
directory as the original. A compressed file is always uncompressed
into a file with the same name sans the feather suffix. A compressed
tar or zip archive is always unpacked into a subdirectory with the same
name as the archive sans the tar and feather suffix, even if the archive
did not itself contain such a subdirectory.</p>
<h2>OPTIONS</h2>
<dl>
<dt>--
<dd>Interprets all following arguments as files instead of options.
<dt>-#
<dd>Where <b>#</b> is a digit from 1 through 9. This option is passed on
to <i>gzip</i>(1), <i>bzip2</i>(1), <i>lzip</i>(1) and <i>zip</i>(1)
when feathering with them. <b>--fast</b> may be used instead of
<b>-1</b> and <b>--best</b> instead of <b>-9</b>.
<dt>-gz
<dd>Uses <i>gzip</i>(1) and a <b>.gz</b> compression suffix when
feathering.
<dt>-h
<dd>Prints a helpful usage message.
<dt>-I
<dd>Uses <i>bzip2</i>(1) and a <b>.bz2</b> compression suffix when
feathering.
<dt>-l
<dd>Lists the file or directory name created resulting from each argument.
<dt>-L
<dd>Does not report created files or directories. Default.
<dt>-lz
<dd>Uses <i>lzip</i>(1) and a <b>.lz</b> compression suffix when
feathering.
<dt>-m mode
<dd>Apply the given <i>chmod</i>(1) mode argument to any created tar
and feather files. Before this argument is applied, the files
have the same read and write permissions as the directories from
which they were created. For security, the default argument is
<b>go-rwx</b>. If the mode is <b>-</b>, then no argument is applied.
See <i>chmod</i>(1) for all other allowable formats of this argument.
<dt>-p
<dd>Preserves modes when untarring by giving the <b>p</b> flag to
<i>tar</i>(1). Default.
<dt>-P
<dd>Doesn't preserve modes when untarring by not giving the <b>p</b>
flag to <i>tar</i>(1). This option may be necessary on systems
where ordinary users are allowed to run <i>chown</i>(2).
<dt>-s suffix
<dd>Creates tar and feather files using the given suffix style.
The default suffix style is <b>.tar.Z</b>. Note that the suffix
style does not dictate the program used for feathering nor the
compression suffix.
<dt>-t
<dd>Only lists the table of contents of the given files. Does not make
any changes.
<dt>-T
<dd>(Un)tars and (de)feathers the given files according to their type.
Default.
<dt>-v
<dd>Verbose output. For example, reports compression ratios when feathering.
<dt>-V
<dd>Non-verbose output. Does not report compression ratios. Default.
<b>-q</b> is a synonym.
<dt>-z
<dd>Uses <i>gzip</i>(1) and a <b>.z</b> compression suffix when
feathering.
<dt>-Z
<dd>Uses <i>compress</i>(1) and a <b>.Z</b> compression suffix when
feathering. Default.
<dt>-zip, -jar
<dd>Uses <i>zip</i>(1) and a <b>.zip</b> or <b>.jar</b> compression
suffix when tarring and/or feathering. The zip format combines
tarring and feathering. <b>WARNING:</b> zip does not preserve
complete Unix filesystem information for the files it archives,
such as links, some permissions, etc. A <i>tar</i>(1)-based format
should be used if this is required.
</dl>
<h2>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</h2>
<dl>
<dt>ZOPTS
<dd>This variable may be set to a string of the above options to supersede
the default settings. They may still be overridden by options given
on the command line.
<dt>GZIP
<dd>This environment variable for <i>gzip</i>(1) is <b>not</b> passed
on by <i>z</i> so that <i>gzip</i>'s behavior is standard and
predictable.
<dt>ZIPOPT, UNZIP
<dd>These environment variables for <i>zip</i>(1) and <i>unzip</i>(1)
are <b>not</b> passed on by <i>z</i> so that their behavior is
standard and predictable.
</dl>
<h2>BUGS</h2>
<p>There should be an option to allow the use of another directory
for temporary files needed during the (un)tarring and (de)feathering
processes. This would make <i>z</i> more useful when the quota or disk
is nearly full.</p>
<p>There should be <b>-k</b> and <b>-K</b> options for keeping the
original input files or not.</p>
<h2>CAVEATS</h2>
<p><i>Z</i> is written to work with <i>gzip</i> versions 1.2.3 and 1.2.4,
<i>bzip2</i> versions 0.9.0 and 1.0.0, Unix <i>zip</i> version 2.0.1
and Unix <i>unzip</i> version 5.12. Other versions will probably work
safely, too, but should still be checked for compatibility.</p>
<p>Every effort has been made to assure that the use of this program
will not lead to the inappropriate deletion or corruption of any files.
However, there are never any guarantees, so please use at your own
risk.</p>
<h2>VERSION</h2>
<p>2.6.1</p>
<h2>AUTHOR</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~kinzler/">Steve Kinzler</a>,
<a href="mailto:kinzler@cs.indiana.edu">kinzler@cs.indiana.edu</a>,
May 89/Jun 93/Aug 99/Dec 00</p>
<h2>URL</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~kinzler/z/">
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~kinzler/z</a></p>
<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p>compress(1), uncompress(1), gzip(1), bzip2(1), lzip(1), tar(1),
zip(1), unzip(1)</p>
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